Vodafone, O2, and T-Mobile escape anti-trust fines Vodafone, O2, and T-Mobile will likely breathe a sigh of relief today after European Union anti-trust authorities decided to close their long-running investigation into alleged excessive charges for international calls. Continued

You know how it goes with credit cards: first you get the basic model then, if you spend enough, you get the gold card. Well, Samsung’s doing the same with its credit card-sized phone, the P310, soon to be offered in an 18 carat gold casing. Continued

Samsung’s anticipated i620 Windows Mobile smartphone - a skinny slider phone with a drop-down BlackBerry-style QWERTY keypad - is to go on sale in the UK through Vodafone. Continued

Anyone not satisfied with the current selection of shops selling BlackBerry handsets now has another choice: Carphone Warehouse is finally going to stock BlackBerry grower Research in Motion’s three latest consumer-friendly models in its 780 UK stores. Continued

Telefónica claims clear conscience O2 parent company Telef nica has protested innocence after it was slammed by European anti-trust regulators for gaming the broadband market in its Spanish home territory. Continued

Review Does this ‘multimedia monster’ shape up? After years of flogging the Razr to death, and some very uninspired siblings, Motorola finally has something interesting to offer for the more demanding end of the market. The Z8, announced in May and available in the UK this week, is a well-designed capable media phone. But the Z8 is a rare thing in this day and age: a product the manufacturer actually cares about. Continued

N800 model coughs up wireless calls Nokia has made Skype telephone services available via its N800 internet tablet. Continued

Susi examines the Nokia 6300 and reports back for Tech Digest on this simple, straightforward but fairly limited phone. Nokia… Continued

$100 price cut to clear stock Sony has confirmed that consumers in the US will not be offered the PS3 Starter Pack announced this week for Europe, and that soon the only PS3 they’ll be able to buy will be the recently announced 80GB model. Continued

Research in Motion (RIM) has said that it plans to port software to devices running the latest Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system, allowing more devices to run like BlackBerries. The software would allow people who don’t want to lose their… Continued

We told you some time back that Vodafone had done an exclusive deal with YouTube. Well, now you can try it for yourself - as it’s just launched. Before you feverishly reach for your mobile handset to check out all… Continued

Ready for the tech that never arrives? The British ‘HD for All’ campaign, designed to promote hi-def TV, drew a withering blast from Sky yesterday. Continued

OpenMoko sets Open source handset loose The OpenMoko project has debuted what could be the ultimate geek handset: a Linux-based mobile phone, complete with an open-source operating system and application suite. Continued